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Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards ed. Larry Dark (Anchor Books, October 1998, 0-385-48958-7, $11.95, xviii+443pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms xv · Introduction · Larry Dark · in 2 · Introduction to “People Like That Are the Only People Here” · Rick Moody · is 3 · People Like That Are the Only People Here · Lorrie Moore · nv The New Yorker January 27 1997; first prize. 36 · Introduction to “The Knife Thrower” · Mary Gaitskill · is 37 · The Knife Thrower · Steven Millhauser · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1997; second prize. 52 · Introduction to “The Children Stay” · Andrea Barrett · is 53 · The Children Stay · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker December 22/December 29 1997; third prize. 79 · Flower Children · Maxine Swann · ss Ploughshares Fall 1997 90 · Two Brothers · Brian Evenson · nv Dominion Review v15, 1997 114 · Winky · George Saunders · ss The New Yorker July 28 1997 129 · Me and My Enemy · Karen Heuler · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Autumn 1997 144 · Tarantula · Thom Jones · nv Zoetrope Short Stories Spring 1997 175 · Gare du Nord · Suketu Mehta · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1997 187 · Eating Dirt · Carolyn Cooke · ss New England Review Spring 1997 201 · Relief · Peter Ho Davies · ss The Paris Review #141, Winter 1996 213 · Boot · Reginald McKnight · nv Story Spring 1997 235 · Crimson · Josip Novakovich · ss Mānoa Winter 1997 255 · Movietone: Detour · Peter Weltner · ss Fourteen Hills v3 #2, 1997 273 · Cosmopolitan · Akhil Sharma · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1997 297 · Ashes · D. R. MacDonald · nv Epoch v46 #2, 1997 321 · The Myths of Bears · Rick Bass · nv The Southern Review Winter 1997 357 · Satan: Hijacker of a Planet · Louise Erdrich · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1997 368 · The Chimpanzees of Wyoming Territory · Don Zancanella · ss Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 1997 380 · Brokeback Mountain · Annie Proulx · nv The New Yorker October 13 1997 407 · Contributors’ Notes · Various · bg 416 · Jurors · [uncredited] · bg 417 · 50 Honorable Mention Stories · [uncredited] · bi 424 · 1998 Magazine Award: The New Yorker · [uncredited] · ms 425 · Magazines Consulted · [uncredited] · ms

Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards ed. Larry Dark (Anchor Books, September 1999, 0-385-49358-4, $11.95, xvii+443pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] v · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms xv · Introduction · Larry Dark · in 1 · A Nurse’s Story · Peter Baida · nv The Gettysburg Review Autumn 1998; first prize. 33 · Merry-Go-Sorry · Cary Holladay · nv Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 1998; second prize. 59 · Save the Reaper · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker June 22/June 29 1998; third prize. 91 · The Depressed Person · David Foster Wallace · nv Harper’s Magazine January 1998 119 · Cataract · Pam Houston · ss CutBank #50, 1998 142 · Sea Oak · George Saunders · nv The New Yorker December 28 1998/January 4 1999 167 · Interpreter of Maladies · Jhumpa Lahiri · nv Agni #47, 1998 189 · Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree · Gerald Reilly · ss The Gettysburg Review Autumn 1998 199 · Mister Brother · Michael Cunningham · ss DoubleTake Fall 1998 204 · Moon · Chaim Potok · ss Image #19, 1998 224 · Burning · Robert Schirmer · ss Fiction v15 #1, 1998 239 · Watching Girls Play · W. D. Wetherell · ss Georgia Review v52 #2, 1998 257 · Afterbirth · Sheila Schwartz · ss Ploughshares Fall 1998 277 · Son of the Wolfman · Michael Chabon · ss Harper’s Magazine December 1998 302 · Miracle Boy · Pinckney Benedict · ss Esquire December 1998 314 · The Underground Gardens · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 25 1998 332 · Fork Used in Eating Reverend Baker · Kiana Davenport · ss Story Spring 1998 346 · Sign · Charlotte Forbes · ss New Orleans Review v24 #1, 1998 356 · A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga · Julia Whitty · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1998 375 · The Mud Below · Annie Proulx · ss The New Yorker June 22/June 29 1998 399 · Contributors’ Notes · Various · bg 408 · Jurors · [uncredited] · bg 409 · Short-Listed Stories · [uncredited] · bi 417 · 1999 Magazine Award: The New Yorker · [uncredited] · ms 419 · Magazines Consulted · [uncredited] · ms

Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards ed. Larry Dark (Anchor Books, September 2000, 0-385-49877-2, $13.00, xviii+411pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms xv · Introduction · Larry Dark · in 1 · Weight · John Edgar Wideman · ss Callaloo v22 #3, 1999; first prize. 19 · The Man with the Lapdog · Beth Lordan · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1999; second prize. 37 · The Deacon · Mary Gordon · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1999; third prize. 61 · Plains of Abraham · Russell Banks · ss Esquire July 1999 80 · Flush · Judy Budnitz · ss McSweeney’s #3, 1999 97 · These Hands · Kevin Brockmeier · nv Georgia Review Fall 1999 126 · Salve Regina · Melissa Pritchard · ss The Gettysburg Review Summer 1999 149 · The Smallest People Alive · Keith Banner · ss The Kenyon Review Winter 1999 166 · Bones of the Inner Ear · Kiana Davenport · ss Story Autumn 1999 177 · The Fool’s Proxy · J. Robert Lennon · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1999 196 · He’s at the Office · Allan Gurganus · ss The New Yorker February 15 1999 211 · The Gilgul of Park Avenue · Nathan Englander · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1999 234 · Theories of Rain · Andrea Barrett · ss The Southern Review Summer 1999 251 · Whileaway · Jeannette Bertles · ss The Gettysburg Review Spring 1999 272 · Rose · John Biguenet · vi Esquire January 1999 275 · The Gardens of Kyoto · Kate Walbert · ss DoubleTake #15, 1999 287 · Easy Pickings · Tim Gautreaux · ss GQ August 1999 300 · The Beautiful Days · Michael Byers · nv Ploughshares Fall 1999 326 · Watch the Animals · Alice Elliott Dark · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1999 338 · Kindling · Raymond Carver · ss Esquire July 1999 353 · Contributors’ Notes · Various · bg 365 · Jurors · [uncredited] · bg 367 · Short-Listed Stories · [uncredited] · bi 379 · 2000 Magazine Award: The Atlantic Monthly · [uncredited] · ms 409 · Magazines Consulted · [uncredited] · ms

Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards ed. Larry Dark (Anchor Books, October 2001, 0-385-49878-0, $13.00, xx+440pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] vii · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms xv · Introduction · Larry Dark · in 3 · Introduction to “The Deep” · Mary Gordon · is 5 · The Deep · Mary Swan · nv Malahat Review #131, 2000; first prize. 59 · Introduction to “Big Me” · Michael Chabon · is 61 · Big Me · Dan Chaon · nv The Gettysburg Review Summer 2000; second prize. 83 · Introduction to “Floating Bridge” · Mona Simpson · is 85 · Floating Bridge · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker July 31 2000; special award for continuing achievement. 106 · That Winter · Fred G. Leebron · ss TriQuarterly #107/108, Winter/Spring/Summer 2000 117 · The Love of My Life · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The New Yorker March 6 2000 134 · The Girl with the Blackened Eye · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Witness v14 #2, 2000 145 · The Smoker · David Schickler · nv The New Yorker June 19/June 26 2000 166 · Female Trouble · Antonya Nelson · nv Epoch v49 #1, 2000 191 · The Mourning Door · Elizabeth Graver · ss Ploughshares Fall 2000 200 · Zog-19: A Scientific Romance · Pinckney Benedict · nv Zoetrope: All-Story Spring 2000 223 · At the Jim Bridger · Ron Carlson · ss Esquire May 2000 239 · Revival Road · Louise Erdrich · ss The New Yorker April 17 2000 254 · The Paperhanger · William Gay · ss Harper’s Magazine February 2000 270 · Bliss · Dale Peck · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2000 288 · Bow Down · Murad Kalam · ss Harper’s Magazine October 2000 299 · Pastoralia · George Saunders · nv The New Yorker April 3 2000 344 · Servants of the Map · Andrea Barrett · nv Salmagundi #124/125, 2000 391 · Contributors’ Notes · Various · bg 400 · Jurors · [uncredited] · bg 402 · Short-Listed Stories · [uncredited] · bi 413 · 2001 Magazine Award: The New Yorker · [uncredited] · ms 415 · Magazines Consulted · [uncredited] · ms

Prize Stories 2002: The O. Henry Awards ed. Larry Dark (Anchor Books, August 2002, 0-385-72162-5, $14.00, xx+473pp, tp, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories] v · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms vii · Publisher’s Note Update · [uncredited] · ms xvii · Introduction · Larry Dark · in 3 · Introduction to “The Ceiling” · Joyce Carol Oates · is 5 · The Ceiling · Kevin Brockmeier · ss McSweeney’s #7, 2001; first prize. 19 · Introduction to “Scordatura” · Dave Eggers · is 21 · Scordatura · Mark Ray Lewis · ss The Ontario Review #54, 2001; second prize. 39 · Introduction to “The Butcher’s Wife” · Colson Whitehead · is 41 · The Butcher’s Wife · Louise Erdrich · ss The New Yorker October 15 2001; third prize. 61 · Do Not Disturb · A. M. Homes · nv McSweeney’s #7, 2001 84 · Memento Mori · Jonathan Nolan · ss Esquire March 2001 97 · Seven · Edwidge Danticat · ss The New Yorker October 1 2001 109 · The Hunter’s Wife · Anthony Doerr · nv The Atlantic Monthly May 2001 132 · Egg-Face · Mary Yukari Waters · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Winter 2001 144 · The Possible Husband · Don Lee · ss Bamboo Ridge #79, 2001 160 · Big Bend · Bill Roorbach · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 2001 180 · Charity · Richard Ford · nv Tin House #7, 2001 215 · Like It or Not · Deborah Eisenberg · nv The Threepenny Review #85, Spring 2001 241 · The Lives of Strangers · Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · ss Agni #53, 2001 259 · That Last Odd Day in L.A. · Ann Beattie · nv The New Yorker April 16 2001 283 · George Lassos Moon · David Gates · ss GQ December 2001 302 · Blood Poison · Heidi Jon Schmidt · ss Epoch v50 #3, 2001 319 · Speonk · David Leavitt · ss DoubleTake Spring 2001 331 · Anthropology · Andrea Lee · ss Oxford American #38, March/April 2001 343 · Family Furnishings · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker July 23 2001 371 · Good Old Neon · David Foster Wallace · nv Conjunctions #37, Fall 2001 411 · Contributors’ Notes · Various · bg 421 · Jurors · [uncredited] · bg 422 · Short-Listed Stories · [uncredited] · bi 432 · 2002 Magazine Award: The New Yorker · [uncredited] · ms 434 · Magazines Consulted · [uncredited] · ms 462 · O. Henry Award Winners 1997-2002 · [uncredited] · bi

Paragenesis ed. Wendy Darling & Storm Constantine--- see under Storm Constantine.

The Splendid Freedom by Arsen Darnay (Ace, December 1980, 0-441-77796-1, $2.25, 244pp, pb, co) 3 · The Splendid Freedom · Arsen Darnay · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September 1974 49 · The Eastcoast Confinement · Arsen Darnay · na Galaxy Science Fiction October 1974 135 · Plutonium [Plutonium Priests] · Arsen Darnay · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1976

The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das (Subterranean Press, August 2023, 978-1-64524-087-7, $40.00, 120pp, hc, na, cover by Tran Nguyen)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing.

A Signature in Blood by Annette Dashofy (Crippen & Landru, April 2026, 18pp, ph, ss)     Short story published to recognize Donna Andrews as Guest of Honor, Malice Domestic 38, April 2026.

After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Hyperion Books, October 9, 2012, 978-1-4231-4619-3, $16.99, 384pp, hc, oa)     Young-adult original anthology of 19 stories of apocalypse and dystopia. Authors include Carol Emshwiller, Gregory Maguire, Nalo Hopkinson, and Garth Nix. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · in · The Segment · Genevieve Valentine · ss · After the Cure · Carrie Ryan · ss · Valedictorian [The Trojan Girl] · N. K. Jemisin · ss · Visiting Nelson · Katherine Langrish · ss · All I Know of Freedom · Carol Emshwiller · ss · The Other Elder [Across the Universe] · Beth Revis · ss · The Great Game at the End of the World · Matthew Kressel · ss · Reunion · Susan Beth Pfeffer · ss · Blood Drive · Jeffrey Ford · ss · Reality Girl · Richard Bowes · nv · How Th’irth Wint Rong by Hapless Joey @ homeskool.gov · Gregory Maguire · ss · Rust with Wings · Steven Gould · ss · Faint Heart · Sarah Rees Brennan · ss · The Easthound · Nalo Hopkinson · ss · Gray · Jane Yolen · ss · Before · Carolyn Dunn · ss · Fake Plastic Trees · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv · You Won’t Feel a Thing [Shade’s Children] · Garth Nix · ss · The Marker · Cecil Castellucci · ss · Afterword · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · aw

Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (Dutton, May 1990, 0-525-24863-3, $18.95, 251pp, hc, an, cover by Paul Bacon)     Anthology of 19 stories, ten original, with an introduction by William Gibson. All the stories are provocative and remarkably varied. xv · Foreword: Strange Attractors · William Gibson · fw 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 5 · Her Furry Face · Leigh Kennedy · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983 23 · War Bride · Rick Wilber · ss 30 · How’s the Night Life on Cissalda? · Harlan Ellison · ss Chrysalis ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, August 1977 43 · The Jamesburg Incubus · Scott Baker · nv 74 · Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969 83 · The First Time · K. W. Jeter · ss 98 · The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod · Philip José Farmer · ss Broadside October/November/December 1968 105 · Husbands · Lisa Tuttle · ss 118 · When the Fathers Go · Bruce McAllister · nv Universe 12 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, June 1982 145 · Dancing Chickens · Edward Bryant · ss Light Years and Dark ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, November 1984 156 · Roadside Rescue · Pat Cadigan · ss Omni July 1985 165 · Omnisexual · Geoff Ryman · ss 176 · All My Darling Daughters · Connie Willis · nv Fire Watch by Connie Willis, Bluejay, February 1985 199 · Arousal · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 205 · Scales · Lewis Shiner · ss 220 · Saving the World at the New Moon Hotel · Roberta Lannes · ss 227 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 237 · Picture Planes · Michaela Roessner · ss 241 · Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates · Pat Murphy · ss

The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Penguin/Viking, April 2010, 978-0-670-01145-2, $19.99, 500pp, hc, oa, cover by Charles Vess)     Original YA anthology of 18 stories and six poems. Introduction by Terri Windling. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Peter S. Beagle, Tanish Lee, and Carol Emshwiller. 1 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr 3 · Introduction · Terri Windling · in 25 · Island Lake · E. Catherine Tobler · nv 48 · The Puma’s Daughter · Tanith Lee · nv 87 · Map of Seventeen · Christopher Barzak · nv 120 · The Selkie Speaks · Delia Sherman · pm 124 · Bear’s Bride · Johanna Sinisalo · ss 144 · The Abominable Child’s Tale · Carol Emshwiller · nv 175 · The Hikikomori · Hiromi Goto · nv 203 · The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin · Gregory Frost · ss 220 · Ganesha · Jeffrey Ford · ss 235 · The Elephant’s Bride · Jane Yolen · pm 239 · The Children of Cadmus · Ellen Kushner · ss 258 · The White Doe: Three Poems · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm 264 · Coyote and Valorosa · Terra L. Gearhart-Serna · ss 274 · One Thin Dime · Stewart Moore · ss 289 · The Monkey Bride · Midori Snyder · ss 303 · Pishaach · Shweta Narayan · nv 334 · The Salamander Fire · Marly Youmans · nv 368 · The Margay’s Children · Richard Bowes · ss 388 · Thimbleriggery and Fledglings · Steve Berman · nv 414 · The Flock · Lucius Shepard · nv 452 · The Children of the Shark God · Peter S. Beagle · nv 487 · Rosina · Nan Fry · ss 497 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi 501 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg 503 · About the Illustrator · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, October 2009, 978-1-59780-161-4, $15.95, 321pp, tp, an, cover by Santiago Caruso)     Year’s best anthology with 19 stories and two poems from 2008, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include William Browning Spencer, Joe R. Lansdale, and Margo Lanagan. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Summation 2008 · Ellen Datlow · ar 35 · Cargo · E. Michael Lewis · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, October 2008 47 · If Angels Fight · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 71 · The Clay Party · Steve Duffy · nv The Werewolf Pack ed. Mark Valentine, Wordsworth Editions, June 2008 87 · Penguins of the Apocalypse · William Browning Spencer · nv Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, July 2008 109 · Esmeralda: The First Book Depository Story · Glen Hirshberg · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, October 2008 125 · The Hodag · Trent Hergenrader · ss Black Static #7, October/November 2008 135 · Very Low-Flying Aircraft · Nicholas Royle · ss Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, September 2008 145 · When the Gentlemen Go By · Margaret Ronald · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008 153 · The Lagerstätte · Laird Barron · nv The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, May 2008 177 · Harry and the Monkey · Euan Harvey · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2008 189 · Dress Circle · Miranda Siemienowicz · ss Hecate v24 #1, 2008 197 · The Rising River · Daniel Kaysen · ss Black Static #5, June/July 2008 211 · Sweeney Among the Straight Razors · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm Star*Line September/October 2008 213 · Loup-Garou · R. B. Russell · ss The Werewolf Pack ed. Mark Valentine, Wordsworth Editions, June 2008 221 · Girl in Pieces · Graham Edwards · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2008 241 · It Washed Up · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, July 2008 243 · The Thirteenth Hell · Mike Allen · pm The Journey to Kailash by Mike Allen, Norilana Books, June 2008 245 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, May 2008 257 · Beach Head · Daniel LeMoal · ss On Spec Summer 2008 267 · The Man from the Peak · Adam Golaski · ss Worse Than Myself by Adam Golaski, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2008 279 · The Narrows · Simon Bestwick · na We Fade to Grey ed. Gary McMahon, Pendragon Press UK, September 2008 311 · Honorable Mentions: 2008 · [uncredited] · bi 315 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, March 9, 2010, 978-1-59780-173-7, $15.95, 308pp, tp, an, cover by Santiago Caruso)     Year’s best anthology with 17 horror stories from 2009, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Suzy McKee Charnas, Michael Marshall Smith, and Laird Barron. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Summation 2009 · Ellen Datlow · ar 31 · Lowland Sea · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, January 2009 49 · The End of Everything · Steve Eller · ss Phantom ed. Paul Tremblay & Sean Wallace, Prime Books, November 2009 59 · Mrs. Midnight · Reggie Oliver · nv The Fifth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, September 2009 77 · Each Thing I Show You Is a Piece of My Death · Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer · nv Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, July 2009 103 · The Nimble Men · Glen Hirshberg · ss 2009 Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook: Bartlett: A Centenary Symposium, Earthling Publications, 2009 113 · What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Nightjar Press, 2009 119 · Wendigo · Micaela Morrissette · nv Weird Tales November/December 2008; given as by Michaela Morrissette. 133 · In the Porches of My Ears · Norman Prentiss · ss Postscripts #18, Spring 2009 143 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009 165 · The Crevasse · Nathan Ballingrud & Dale Bailey · ss Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, October 2009 179 · The Lion’s Den · Steve Duffy · ss Nemonymous #9, 2009, uncredited. 201 · Lotophagi · Edward Morris · ss Farrago’s Wainscot #11, July 2009 213 · The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall · Kaaron Warren · ss Exotic Gothic 3 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2009 229 · Dead Loss · Carole Johnstone · ss Black Static #13, October/November 2009 241 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, January 2009 255 · The Lammas Worm · Nina Allan · nv Strange Tales Volume III, Tartarus Press, December 2009 281 · Technicolor · John Langan · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, January 2009 305 · Honorable Mentions · Ellen Datlow · bi

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, May 24, 2011, 978-1-59780-217-8, $15.99, 361pp, tp, an, cover by Allen Williams)     Year’s best anthology with 21 horror stories from 2010, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Norman Partridge, Christopher Fowler, Tanith Lee, and Joe R. Lansdale. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Summation 2010 · Ellen Datlow · ar 39 · At the Riding School · Cody Goodfellow · ss The Bleeding Edge ed. William F. Nolan & Jason V. Brock, Cycatrix Press, November 2009 51 · Mr. Pigsny · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, March 2010 65 · City of the Dog · John Langan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2010 93 · Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls · Brian Hodge · nv Darkside Digital, 2010 107 · Lesser Demons [Cthulhu] · Norman Partridge · nv Black Wings ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, April 2010 127 · When the Zombies Win · Karina Sumner-Smith · ss The Living Dead 2 ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, September 2010 131 · ——30—— · Laird Barron · na Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron, Night Shade Books, May 2010 161 · Fallen Boys · Mark Morris · ss The End of the Line ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, November 2010 175 · Was She Wicked? Was She Good? · M. Rickert · ss Holiday by M. Rickert, Golden Gryphon Press, 2010 183 · The Fear · Richard Harland · nv Macabre: A Journey Through Australia’s Darkest Fears ed. Angela Challis & Marty Young, Brimstone Press, September 2010 207 · Till the Morning Comes · Stephen Graham Jones · ss The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones, Prime Books, 2010 217 · Shomer · Glen Hirshberg · ss 2010 Rolling Darkness Revue Chapbook: Curtain Call, Earthling Publications, 2010 231 · Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside · Christopher Fowler · ss Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, March 2010 243 · The Obscure Bird · Nicholas Royle · ss Black Static #18, August/September 2010 249 · Transfiguration · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Visitants ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, November 2010 259 · The Days of Flaming Motorcycles · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, April 2010 267 · The Folding Man · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, Tor, September 2010 281 · Just Another Desert Night with Blood · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · ss SIN & Ashes by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Hippocampus Press, December 2010 287 · Black and White Sky · Tanith Lee · nv Brighton Shock! ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, March 2010 309 · At Night, When the Demons Come · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #20, December 2010/January 2011 327 · The Revel · John Langan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2010

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, May 1, 2012, 978-1-59780-399-1, $15.99, lii+387pp, tp, an, cover by Allen Williams)     Year’s best anthology of 18 horror stories from 2011, plus a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Stephen King, Margo Lanagan, and Peter Straub. Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Little Green God of Agony · Stephen King · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, September 2011 25 · Stay · Leah Bobet · nv Chilling Tales ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, April 2011 49 · The Moraine · Simon Bestwick · ss Terror Tales of the Lake District ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, September 2011 69 · Blackwood’s Baby · Laird Barron · nv Ghosts by Gaslight ed. Jack Dann & Nick Gevers, Harper Voyager US, September 2011 103 · Looker · David Nickle · ss Chilling Tales ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, April 2011 119 · The Show · Priya Sharma · ss Box of Delights ed. John Kenny, Aeon Press UK, 2011 131 · Mulberry Boys · Margo Lanagan · ss Blood and Other Cravings ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, September 2011 149 · Roots and All · Brian Hodge · nv A Book of Horrors ed. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher Books, September 2011 175 · Final Girl Theory · A. C. Wise · ss ChiZine #47, April/June 2011 189 · Omphalos · Livia Llewellyn · nv Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, Lethe Press, 2011 215 · Dermot · Simon Bestwick · ss Black Static #24, August/September 2011 227 · Black Feathers · Alison Littlewood · ss Black Static #22, April/May 2011 241 · The Final Verse · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2011 259 · In the Absence of Murdock · Terry Lamsley · ss House of Fear ed. Jon Oliver, Solaris, October 2011 275 · You Become the Neighborhood · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Janus Tree and Other Stories by Glen Hirshberg, Subterranean Press, January 2012 297 · In Paris, in the Mouth of Kronos · John Langan · nv Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, June 2011 329 · Little Pig · Anna Taborska · ss The Eighth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, July 2011 335 · The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine · Peter Straub · na Subterranean Press, December 2011

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, September 3, 2013, 978-1-59780-474-5, $15.99, liv+406pp, tp, an, cover by Allen Williams)     Year’s best anthology with 28 horror stories from 2012, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Jeffrey Ford, and Ramsey Campbell. Details supplied by Denny Lien. ix · Summation 2012 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Nikishi · Lucy Taylor · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, July 2012 15 · Little America · Dan Chaon · nv Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, July 2012 31 · A Natural History of Autumn · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 45 · Mantis Wives · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #71, August 2012 49 · Tender as Teeth · Stephanie Crawford & Duane Swierczynski · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, July 2012 69 · The Callers · Ramsey Campbell · ss Four for Fear ed. Peter Crowther, PS Publishing, June 2012 81 · Two Poems for Hill House · Kevin McCann · gp (r) _81 · Answered an Ad · Kevin McCann · pm herenow.7beats.com July 2012 _83 · I Am the One · Kevin McCann · pm herenow.7beats.com July 2012 85 · Mariners’ Round · Terry Dowling · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, July 2012 105 · Nanny Grey · Gemma Files · ss Magic ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, October 2012 117 · The Magician’s Apprentice · Tamsyn Muir · ss Weird Tales Winter 2012 131 · Kill All Monsters · Gary McMahon · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #3, Spring 2012 141 · The House on Ashley Avenue · Ian Rogers · nv Every House Is Haunted by Ian Rogers, ChiZine Publications, 2012 163 · Dead Song · Jay Wilburn · ss Zombies for a Cure ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, October 2012 175 · Sleeping, I Was Beauty · Sandi Leibowitz · pm Goblin Fruit Winter 2012 177 · Bajazzle · Margo Lanagan · nv Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan, Twelfth Planet Press, August 2012 193 · The Pike · Conrad Williams · ss Born with Teeth by Conrad Williams, PS Publishing, 2012 209 · The Crying Child [Lerici] · Bruce McAllister · nv Cemetery Dance #68, 2012, as “The Bleeding Child” 239 · This Circus the World · Amber Sparks · ss Corium Magazine (online) Summer 2012 241 · Some Pictures in an Album · Gary McMahon · ss Chiral Mad ed. Michael Bailey, Written Backwards, October 2012 250 · Wild Acre · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Visions Fading Fast ed. Gary McMahon, Pendragon Press UK, February 2012 275 · Final Exam · Megan Arkenberg · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 287 · None So Blind · Stephen Bacon · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #3, Spring 2012 295 · The Ballad of Boomtown · Priya Sharma · ss Black Static #28, April/May 2012 313 · Pig Thing · Adam Nevill · ss Exotic Gothic 4 ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, July 2012 327 · The Word-Made Flesh · Richard Gavin · ss At Fear’s Altar by Richard Gavin, Hippocampus Press, 2012 345 · Into the Penny Arcade · Claire Massey · ss Nightjar Press, 2012 353 · Magdala Amygdala · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, August 2012 365 · Frontier Death Song · Laird Barron · nv Nightmare #1, October 2012 391 · Honourable Mentions · Ellen Datlow · bi 393 · About the Authors · Various · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 3, 2014, 978-1-59780-503-2, $15.99, 396pp, tp, an, cover by Pierre Droal)     Year’s best anthology with 24 horror stories from 2013, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Steve Rasnic Tem, Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, and Linda Nagata. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. viii · Summation 2013 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Apports · Stephen Bacon · ss Black Static #36, September/October 2013 13 · Mr. Splitfoot · Dale Bailey · ss Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Tor, March 2013 27 · The Good Husband · Nathan Ballingrud · nv North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud, Small Beer Press, 2013 53 · The Tiger · Nina Allan · ss Terror Tales of London ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, May 2013 73 · The House on Cobb Street · Lynda E. Rucker · ss Nightmare #9, June 2013 89 · The Soul in the Bell Jar · K. J. Kabza · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 119 · Call Out · Steve Toase · ss Innsmouth Magazine January 2013 127 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, October 2013 145 · Bones of Crow · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #37, November/December 2013 159 · Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales · Jeannine Hall Gailey · pm Phantom Drift #3, October 2013 161 · The Tin House · Simon Clark · ss Shadow Masters ed. Jeani Rector, Imajin Books, 2013 175 · The Fox · Conrad Williams · ss This Is Horror 2013 185 · The Withering · Tim Casson · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 195 · Stemming the Tide · Simon Strantzas · ss Dead North ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013 203 · The Anatomist’s Mnemonic · Priya Sharma · ss Black Static #32, January/February 2013 213 · The Monster Makers · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 223 · The Only Ending We Have · Kim Newman · nv Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, October 2013 247 · The Dog’s Paw · Derek Künsken · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, September 2013 259 · Fine in the Fire · Lee Thomas · nv Like Light for Flies by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press, May 2013 279 · Majorlena · Jane Jakeman · nv Supernatural Tales #24, Autumn 2013 307 · Down to a Sunless Sea · Neil Gaiman · ss The Guardian March 22 2013 311 · Jaws of Saturn · Laird Barron · nv The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories by Laird Barron, Night Shade Books, 2013 333 · Halfway Home · Linda Nagata · ss Nightmare #12, September 2013 345 · The Same Deep Waters as You · Brian Hodge · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, November 2013 384 · Honorable Mentions: 2013 · [uncredited] · bi 386 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 397 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, August 2015, 978-1-59780-829-3, $15.99, xliii+369pp, tp, an, cover by Noia Hokama)     Year’s best anthology of 22 horror stories from 2014, with a summation of the year by Datlow. Authors include Genevieve Valentine, Garth Nix, and Cody Goodfellow. viii · Summation 2014 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, June 2014 23 · Winter Children · Angela Slatter · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, November 2014 37 · A Dweller in Amenty · Genevieve Valentine · ss Nightmare #18, March 2014 49 · Outside Heavenly · Rio Youers · nv The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, September 2014 73 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, June 2014 85 · Allochthon · Livia Llewellyn · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 95 · Chapter Six · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Tor.com June 11 2014 109 · This Is Not for You · Gemma Files · ss Nightmare #25, October 2014 123 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014 145 · The Culvert · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2014 153 · Past Reno · Brian Evenson · ss Letters to Lovecraft ed. Jesse Bullington, Stone Skin Press, 2014 167 · The Coat Off His Back · Keris McDonald · ss Terror Tales of Yorkshire ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, September 2014 189 · The Worms Crawl In · Laird Barron · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, June 2014 209 · The Dog’s Home · Alison Littlewood · ss The Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, September 2014 219 · Tread Upon the Brittle Shell · Rhoads Brazos · nv SQ Mag #14, May 2014 239 · Persistence of Vision · Orrin Grey · ss Fractured ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, August 2014 247 · It Flows from the Mouth · Robert Shearman · ss Shadows & Tall Trees #6, Spring 2014 263 · Wingless Beasts · Lucy Taylor · ss Fatal Journeys (limited edition) by Lucy Taylor, Overlook Connection Press, 2014 277 · Departures · Carole Johnstone · ss The Bright Day Is Done by Carole Johnstone, Gray Friar Press, 2014 297 · Ymir · John Langan · nv The Children of Old Leech ed. Ross E. Lockhart & Justin Steele, Word Horde, July 2014 321 · Plink · Kurt Dinan · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, November 2014 332 · Nigredo · Cody Goodfellow · ss In the Court of the Yellow King ed. Glynn Owen Barrass, Celaeno Press, September 2014

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 7, 2016, 978-1-59780-853-8, $15.99, xli+317pp, tp, an, cover by Blake Malcerta)     Year’s best anthology of 20 stories, with a summation of the year 2015 in horror by Datlow. Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Laird Barron, and Neil Gaiman. Details taken from online listing. viii · Summation 2015 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · We Are All Monsters Here · Kelley Armstrong · ss Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, October 2015 17 · Universal Horror · Stephen Graham Jones · ss October Dreams II ed. Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance Publications, March 2015 35 · Slaughtered Lamb · Tom Johnstone · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, October 2015 45 · In a Cavern, In a Canyon · Laird Barron · nv Seize the Night ed. Christopher Golden, Gallery Books, October 2015 65 · Between the Pilings · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Innsmouth Nightmares ed. Lois H. Gresh, PS Publishing, July 2015 79 · Snow · Dale Bailey · ss Nightmare #33, June 2015 93 · Indian Giver · Ray Cluley · ss Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley, ChiZine Publications, 2015 107 · My Boy Builds Coffins · Gary McMahon · ss Black Static #46, May/June 2015 123 · The Woman in the Hill · Tamsyn Muir · ss Dreams from the Witch House ed. Lynne Jamneck, Dark Regions Press, April 2016 133 · Underground Economy · John Langan · ss Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas, Undertow Publications, May 2015 143 · The Rooms Are High · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sea of Blood by Reggie Oliver, Dark Renaissance Books, June 2015 159 · All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck · Kate Jonez · ss Black Static #47, July/August 2015 177 · Lord of the Sand · Stephen Bacon · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, October 2015 185 · Wilderness · Letitia Trent · ss Exigencies ed. Richard Thomas, Dark House Press, June 2015 201 · Fabulous Beasts · Priya Sharma · nv Tor.com July 27 2015 229 · Descent · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Nightmare #29, February 2015 239 · Hippocampus · Adam Nevill · ss Terror Tales of the Ocean ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, December 2015 247 · Black Dog [American Gods] · Neil Gaiman · nv Trigger Warning—Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, Headline, February 2015 283 · The 21st Century Shadow · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, January 2015 285 · This Stagnant Breath of Change · Brian Hodge · ss Shadows Over Main Street ed. Doug Murano & D. Alexander Ward, Hazardous Press, January 2015

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, July 11, 2017, 978-1-5107-1666-7, $15.99, xlii+388pp, tp, an, cover by Kevin Peterson)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation 2016 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Nesters · Siobhan Carroll · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, August 2016 19 · The Oestridae · Robert Levy · ss Black Static #52, May/June 2016 33 · The Process Is a Process All Its Own [Tillman Hayward] · Peter Straub · na Conjunctions #67, Fall 2016 59 · The Bad Hour · Christopher Golden · ss What the #@&% Is That? ed. John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen, Saga Press, November 2016 73 · Red Rabbit · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Borderlands 6 ed. Olivia F. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Samhain Publishing, May 2016 81 · It’s All the Same Road in the End [Cthulhu] · Brian Hodge · nv The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu ed. Paula Guran, Robinson, April 2016 115 · Fury · DB Waters · ss Nightjar Press, November 2016 125 · Grave Goods · Gemma Files · nv Autumn Cthulhu ed. Mike Davis, Lovecraft eZine Press, May 2016 147 · Between Dry Ribs · Gregory Norman Bossert · ss The Dark #11, February 2016 163 · The Days of Our Lives · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv Dead Letters ed. Conrad Williams, Titan, April 2016 179 · The House of Wonders · C. E. Ward · ss Malevolent Visitants by C. E. Ward, Sarob Press, January 2016 199 · The Numbers · Christopher Burns · ss Nightjar Press, June 2016 211 · Bright Crown of Joy · Livia Llewellyn · ss Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, August 2016 233 · The Beautiful Thing We Will Become · Kristi DeMeester · ss Eternal Frankenstein ed. Ross E. Lockhart, Word Horde, October 2016 243 · Wish You Were Here · Nadia Bulkin · ss Nightmare #49, October 2016 261 · Ragman · Rebecca Lloyd · nv Ragman & Other Family Curses by Rebecca Lloyd, Egaeus Press, May 2016 289 · What’s Out There? · Gary McMahon · ss Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, August 2016 299 · No Matter Which Way We Turned · Brian Evenson · ss People Holding May 17 2016 301 · The Castellmarch Man · Ray Cluley · nv Green and Pleasant Land ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, January 2017 329 · The Ice Beneath Us · Steve Duffy · ss Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, August 2016 343 · On These Blackened Shores of Time · Brian Hodge · nv Children of Lovecraft ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse Books, August 2016 379 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 381 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, June 12, 2018, 978-1-5107-1667-4, $15.99, xxxix+435pp, tp, an, cover by Chenthooran Nambiarooran)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation 2017 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · Better You Believe · Carole Johnstone · nv Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, April 2017 21 · Liquid Air · Inna Effress · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, October 2017 31 · Holiday Romance · Mark Morris · nv Black Static #58, May/June 2017 55 · Furtherest · Kaaron Warren · nv Dark Screams: Volume Seven ed. Richard Chizmar & Brian James Freeman, Hydra, July 2017 77 · Where’s the Harm? · Rebecca Lloyd · nv Seven Strange Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Tartarus Press, May 2017 107 · Whatever Comes After Calcutta · David Erik Nelson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2017 129 · A Human Stain · Kelly Robson · nv Tor.com January 4 2017 155 · The Stories We Tell About Ghosts · A. C. Wise · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, August 2017 173 · Endoskeletal · Sarah Read · ss Black Static #59, July/August 2017 189 · West of Matamoros, North of Hell · Brian Hodge · nv Dark Screams: Volume Seven ed. Richard Chizmar & Brian James Freeman, Hydra, July 2017 231 · Alligator Point · S. P. Miskowski · ss Looming Low: Volume I ed. Justin Steele & Sam Cowan, Dim Shores, August 2017 239 · Dark Warm Heart · Rich Larson · ss Tor.com April 12 2017 257 · There and Back Again · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Mixed Up ed. Nick Mamatas & Molly Tanzer, Skyhorse Publishing, October 2017 261 · Shepherd’s Business · Stephen Gallagher · nv New Fears ed. Mark Morris, Titan, September 2017 279 · You Can Stay All Day · Mira Grant · nv Nights of the Living Dead ed. Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, St. Martin's Griffin, July 2017 295 · Harvest Song, Gathering Song · A. C. Wise · ss For Mortal Things Unsung ed. Alex Hofelich, Escape Artists, Inc., March 2017 315 · The Granfalloon · Orrin Grey · ss Darker Companions ed. Scott David Aniolowski & Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., PS Publishing, September 2017 327 · Fail-Safe · Philip Fracassi · ss Behold the Void by Philip Fracassi, JournalStone, March 2017 345 · The Starry Crown · Marc E. Fitch · ss Horror Library: Volume 6 ed. Eric J. Guignard, Cutting Block, April 2017 361 · Eqalussuaq · Tim Major · ss Not One of Us #58, October 2017 379 · Lost in the Dark · John Langan · nv Haunted Nights ed. Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton, Blumhouse Books, October 2017

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, September 3, 2019, 978-1-59780-972-6, $15.99, xii+437pp, tp, an, cover by Audrey Benjaminsen)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. xi · Summation 2018 · Ellen Datlow · ar 1 · I Remember Nothing · Anne Billson · ss We Were Strangers ed. Richard Hirst, Confingo Publishing, 2018 19 · Monkeys on the Beach · Ralph Robert Moore · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v2, 2018 29 · Painted Wolves · Ray Cluley · nv In Dog We Trust ed. Anthony Cowin, Black Shuck, 2018 59 · Shit Happens · Michael Marshall Smith · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, March 2018 81 · You Know How the Story Goes · Thomas Olde Heuvelt · ss Tor.com February 21 2018 translated from the Dutch (“Je weet hoe dit verhaal gaat”, 2017). 99 · Back Along the Old Track · Sam Hicks · ss The Fiends in the Furrows ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, September 2018 113 · Masks · Peter Sutton · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, November 2018 119 · The Donner Party · Dale Bailey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2018 147 · Milkteeth · Kristi DeMeester · ss Shimmer #44, July 2018 157 · Haak · John Langan · nv New Fears 2 ed. Mark Morris, Titan, September 2018 181 · Thin Cold Hands · Gemma Files · ss LampLight June 2018 197 · A Tiny Mirror · Eloise C. C. Shepherd · ss Supernatural Tales #39, Winter 2018/2019 203 · I Love You Mary-Grace · Amelia Mangan · ss In Dog We Trust ed. Anthony Cowin, Black Shuck, 2018 219 · The Jaws of Ouroboros · Steve Toase · ss The Fiends in the Furrows ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, September 2018 233 · A Brief Moment of Rage · Bill Davidson · ss Endless Apocalypse ed. Josie Mitchell, Flame Tree Publishing, 2018 245 · Golden Sun · Kristi DeMeester, Richard Thomas, Damien Angelica Walters & Michael Wehunt · nv Chiral Mad 4 ed. Michael Bailey & Lucy A. Snyder, Written Backwards, October 2018 269 · White Mare · Thana Niveau · nv The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, September 2018 291 · Girls Without Their Faces On · Laird Barron · ss Ashes and Entropy ed. Robert S. Wilson, Nightscape Press, December 2018 307 · Thumbsucker · Robert Shearman · ss New Fears 2 ed. Mark Morris, Titan, September 2018 319 · You Are Released · Joe Hill · nv Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales ed. Stephen King & Bev Vincent, Cemetery Dance, September 2018 345 · Red Rain · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Nightmare #69, June 2018 353 · Split Chain Stitch · Steve Toase · ss Mystery Weekly November 2018 363 · No Exit · Orrin Grey · ss Lost Highways ed. D. Alexander Ward, Crystal Lake Publishing, July 2018 373 · Haunt · Siobhan Carroll · nv The Devil and the Deep ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, March 2018 401 · Sleep · Carly Holmes · nv Figurehead by Carly Holmes, Tartarus Press, July 2018 423 · Honorable Mentions · The Editor · bi 425 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 437 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, October 20, 2020, 978-1-59780-973-3, $15.99, xliii+424pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Horror anthology. Details taken from online listing. xiii · Summation 2019 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person · Paul Tremblay · nv Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, August 2019 21 · A Song for Wounded Mouths · Kristi DeMeester · ss previously available as an audio download from Pseudopod, March 29, 2019. 33 · Birds of Passage · Gordon B. White · ss Twice-Told ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, February 2019 46 · The Puppet Motel · Gemma Files · nv Echoes ed. Ellen Datlow, Saga Press, August 2019 76 · The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team · Joe R. Lansdale · ss At Home in the Dark ed. Lawrence Block, Subterranean Press, May 2019 91 · The Night Nurse · Sarah Langan · nv Hex Life ed. Rachel Autumn Deering & Christopher Golden, Titan, October 2019 116 · They Are Us (1964): An Oral History · Jack Lothian · ss Twice-Told ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, February 2019 127 · As Dark as Hunger · S. Qiouyi Lu · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 146 · I Say (I Say, I Say) · Robert Shearman · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v3, 2019 158 · The Pain-Eater’s Daughter · Laura Mauro · nv Sing Your Sadness Deep by Laura Mauro, Undertow Publications, August 2019 182 · The Hope Chest · Sarah Read · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 197 · Nor Cease You Never Now · Ren Warom · ss Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, March 2020 212 · Playscape · Diana Peterfreund · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2019 222 · Adrenaline Junkies · Ray Cluley · nv The Porcupine Boy and Other Anthological Oddities ed. Christopher M. Jones, Macabreink.com, October 2019 249 · Watching · Tim Lees · ss Black Static #72, November/December 2019 255 · Mr. and Mrs. Kett · Sam Hicks · ss Nightscript Vol. V ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2019 268 · Below · Simon Bestwick · ss Terror Tales of Northwest England ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, October 2019 288 · My Name Is Ellie · Sam Rebelein · ss Bourbon Penn #18, July 2019 300 · Slipper · Catriona Ward · ss Dark and Stormy Nights ed. Steve J. Shaw, Black Shuck Books, March 2020 312 · How to Stay Afloat When Drowning · Daniel Braum · nv Pareidolia ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Black Shuck Books, July 2019 336 · This Was Always Going to Happen · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Terror at 5280′, Denver Horror Collective, November 2019 340 · The Butcher’s Table · Nathan Ballingrud · na Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud, Saga Press, April 2019 413 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 415 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 424 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, November 16, 2021, 978-1-949102-60-4, $15.99, xlvi+383pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Summation 2020 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Exhalation #10 · A. C. Wise · nv Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 23 · A Hotel in Germany · Catriona Ward · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 40 · A Deed Without a Name · Jack Lothian · ss The Fiends in the Furrows II ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, 2020 50 · Lords of the Matinee · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 65 · Cleaver, Meat, and Block · Maria Haskins · ss Black Static #73, January/February 2020 81 · The Eight-Thousanders · Jason Sanford · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 100 · Scold’s Bridle: A Cruelty · Richard Gavin · ss Grotesquerie by Richard Gavin, Undertow Publications, September 2020 107 · Come Closer · Gemma Files · ss Apostles of the Weird ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, March 2020 119 · It Doesn’t Feel Right · Michael Marshall Smith · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 134 · Mine Seven · Elana Gomel · ss After Sundown ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2020 148 · Sicko · Stephen Volk · ss Black Static #73, January/February 2020 168 · Mouselode Maze · Christopher Harman · ss The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Mazes ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press, May 2020 189 · Heath Crawler · Sam Hicks · ss Vastarien Fall 2020 200 · The Devil Will Be at the Door · David Surface · ss Crooked Houses ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2020 215 · Let Your Hinged Jaw Do the Talking · Tom Johnstone · ss Nightscript VI ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2020 224 · Scream Queen · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Final Cuts ed. Ellen Datlow, Anchor Books, June 2020 246 · We Do Like to Be Beside · Pete Sutton · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, 2020 257 · Contrition (1998) · J. A. W. McCarthy · ss Oculus Sinister ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2020 274 · Tethered Dogs · Gary McMahon · ss Some Bruising May Occur by Gary McMahon, JournalStone Publishing, 2020 282 · Bloody Rhapsody · Alessandro Manzetti · pm Whitechapel Rhapsody by Alessandro Manzetti, Independent Legions Publishing, October 2020 284 · In the English Rain · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Home Counties ed. Paul Finch, Telos Publishing, October 2020 302 · A Treat for Your Last Day · Simon Bestwick · ss Patreon.com/SimonBestwick March 23 2020 313 · Trick of the Light · Andrew Humphrey · ss Nightjar Press, 2020 326 · Two Truths and a Lie · Sarah Pinsker · nv Tor.com June 17 2020 356 · The Whisper of Stars · Thana Niveau · ss Lovecraft Mythos New and Classic Collection ed. Gillian Whittaker, Flame Tree Publishing, 2020 373 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 375 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 384 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Fourteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, December 20, 2022, 978-1-949102-67-3, $19.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. i · Summation of the Year 2021 · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Redwater · Simon Bestwick · ss The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 3 ed. Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press, 2021 19 · Caker’s Man · Matthew Holness · ss Beyond the Veil ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2021 42 · Black Leg · Glen Hirshberg · ss Tor.com July 14 2021 56 · The Offering · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, September 2021 77 · Fox Girl · Lee Murray · pm Tortured Willows ed. Geneve Flynn, Lee Murray, Angela Yuriko Smith & Christina Sng, Yuriko Publishing, October 2021 79 · Shuck · G. V. Anderson · nv The Deadlands #2, June 2021 85 · The Hunt at Rotherdam · A. C. Wise · ss Bourbon Penn #24, August 2021 107 · Dancing Sober in the Dust · Steve Toase · ss To Drown in Dark Water by Steve Toase, Undertow Publications, April 2021 122 · The God Bag · Christopher Golden · ss Beyond the Veil ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2021 140 · The Strathentine Imps · Steve Duffy · ss Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands ed. Paul Finch, Telos, October 2021 162 · The Quizmasters · Gerard McKeown · ss The Black Dreams ed. Reggie Chamberlain-King, Blackstaff Press, October 2021 169 · All Those Lost Days · Brian Evenson · ss Tales from Omnipark ed. Ben Thomas, House Blackwood, 2021 183 · Anne Gare’s Rare and Import Video Catalogue, October 2022 · Jonathan Raab · ss Hymns of Abomination ed. Justin A. Burnett, Silent Motorist Media, September 2021 186 · Three Sisters Bog · Eóin Murphy · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, April 2021 200 · The Steering Wheel Club · Kaaron Warren · ss Giving the Devil His Due ed. Rebecca Brewer, Running Wild Press, 2021 210 · The King of Stones · Simon Strantzas · ss The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror ed. Stephen Jones, Skyhorse Publishing, September 2021 226 · Stolen Property · Sarah Lamparelli · ss Black Static #80/81, 2021 241 · Shards · Ian Rogers · nv Tor.com January 27 2021 267 · Chit Chit · Steve Toase · ss Chilling Crime Short Stories ed. Josei Karani, Flame Tree Publishing, 2021 279 · Poor Butcher-Bird · Gemma Files · ss Humans Are the Problem ed. Willow Becker & Michael Cluff, Weird Little Worlds, November 2021 286 · Trap · Carly Holmes · ss Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers, Swan River Press, April 2021 311 · I’ll Be Gone by Then · Eric LaRocca · ss The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales by Eric LaRocca, Off Limits Press, 2021 322 · Jack-in-the-Box · Robin Furth · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2021 350 · Tiptoe · Laird Barron · nv When Things Get Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, September 2021 374 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi 376 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 384 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Fifteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, January 16, 2024, 978-1-949102-72-7, $19.99, 432pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Summation of the Year 2022 · Ellen Datlow · in · Solivagant · Angela Slatter · ss Isolation ed. Dan Coxon, Titan, September 2022 · Gate 9 · Jeffrey Ford · ss Conjunctions #78, Spring 2022 · Flaming Teeth · Garry Kilworth · ss Screams from the Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Nightfire, June 2022 · On the Hills, the Knitters · Steve Toase · ss Bourbon Penn #26, March 2022 · New Fox Smell · Livia Llewellyn · ss Cosmic Horror Monthly #36, June 2023 · The Harvester of Ladslove · Steve Duffy · ss Supernatural Tales #50, Autumn 2022 · Incident at Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · nv Other Terrors ed. Vince A. Liaguno & Rena Mason, Morrow, July 2022 · The Myth of Pasiphaë · Andy Davidson · ss Human Monsters ed. Sadie Hartmann & Ashley Saywers, Dark Matter Ink, October 2022 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reporter · Daniela Tomova · nv Tor.com March 16 2022 · In the Wabe · Alison Littlewood · ss Close to Midnight ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2022 · New Meat(™) · Jordan Shiveley · vi Nightmare #112, January 2022 · Eyes Like Small Black Stones · David Surface · ss Ornithologiæ ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, 2022 · Bb Minor, or The Suicide Choir: An Oral History · Gemma Files · ss Looming Low: Volume II ed. Sam Cowan & Justin Steele, Dim Shores, March 2023 · Lifelike · Gary McMahon · ss (r) · The Zoo · Gemma Amor · ss Damnation Games ed. Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press, August 2022 · Dinner Plans with Baba Yaga · Stephanie M. Wytovich · pm Into the Forest ed. Lindy Ryan, Black Spot Books, November 2022 · The Collection · Charlie Hughes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2022 · Tell-Tale Tit · Margo Lanagan · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, February 2022 · The Last Box · Luigi Musolino; translated by James D. Jenkins · ss A Different Darkness and Other Abominations by Luigi Musolino, tr. James D. Jenkins, Valancourt Books, November 2022 translated from the Italian. · 1855 · Jacob Steven Mohr · ss D&T Publishing, March 2022 · Enough for Hunger and Enough for Hate · John Langan · nv Dark Stars ed. John F. D. Taff, Titan, March 2022 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Sixteen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, November 26, 2024, 978-1-949102-73-4, $19.99, 384pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Summation of the Year 2023 · Ellen Datlow · in · The Importance of a Tidy Home · Christopher Golden · ss Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, October 2023 · Dodger · Carly Holmes · ss Darkness Beckons ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2023 · Rock Hopping · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Unquiet Grove ed. Mark Beech, Egaeus Press, August 2023 · That Maddening Heat · Ray Cluley · ss Nightmare Abbey Summer/Fall 2023 · Jack O’Dander · Priya Sharma · ss Tor.com October 4 2023 · The Assembled · Ramsey Campbell · ss Novus Monstrum ed. Douglas Gwilym & Ken MacGregor, Publishdrive, October 2023 · R Is for Remains · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #82/83, 2023 · The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs · E. Catherine Tobler · ss Bourbon Penn #31, November 2023 · Return to Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · ss Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, October 2023 · The Enfilade · Andrew Hook · nv Black Static #82/83, 2023 · Lover’s Lane · Stephen Graham Jones · ss McSweeney’s #71, October 2023 · Hare Moon · H. V. Patterson · ss Darkness Beckons ed. Mark Morris, Flame Tree Press, October 2023 · Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest #203, December 2022 · The Scare Groom · Patrick Barb · ss Come October ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, September 2023 · The Teeth · Brian Evenson · ss None of You Shall Be Spared by Brian Evenson, Weird House Press, November 2023 · Nábrók · Helen Grant · ss Supernatural Tales #54, Winter 2023/2024 · The Salted Bones · Neil Williamson · ss Black Static #82/83, 2023 · Tell Me When I Disappear · Glen Hirshberg · ss Tell Me When I Disappear: Vanishing Stories by Glen Hirshberg, Cemetery Dance Publications, February 2023 · The Motley · Charlie Hughes · ss The Fiends in the Furrows III ed. David T. Neal & Christine M. Scott, Nosetouch Press, August 2023 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · bi · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seventeen ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, December 16, 2025, 978-1-949102-78-9, $19.99, 334pp, tp, an, cover by Asya Yordanova)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Summation of the Year · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Cleaner · Victoria Dalpe · ss Monsters in the Mills ed. Christa Carmen & L. E. Daniels, Glass House Books, July 2024 11 · Summer Bonus · Lee Murray · ss Folk Horror ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan, Flame Tree Publishing, August 2024 25 · Like Furies · Epiphany Ferrell · ss The Horror Zine Fall 2024 37 · Body Worlds · Tom Johnstone · ss Body Shots v1, Fall 2024 59 · An Act of Sorrow · James Cooper · ss Glass Shatters Fist by James Cooper, Drugstore Indian Press, December 2023 79 · Fancy Dad · David Nickle · ss Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, October 2024 93 · Only Children · Gemma Files · ss Enter Boogeyman ed. Alessandro Manzetti, Acheron Books, October 2024 103 · The Rock Statue · Mark Falkin · ss Supernatural Tales #55, Spring 2024 125 · In Flickering Light · Dan Coxon · ss Come Sing for the Harrowing by Dan Coxon, Weird Little Worlds, October 2024 135 · Davidson’s Son · Charles Wilkinson · nv Chthonic Matter Spring 2024 149 · The Boy in the Closet · Douglas Ford · ss Chthonic Matter Spring 2024 159 · Blessed Mary · Stephen Volk · ss Folk Horror ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan, Flame Tree Publishing, August 2024 177 · Mrs Crace · Cliff McNish · ss Supernatural Tales #55, Spring 2024 187 · A Lullaby of Anguish · Marie Croke · ss Apex Magazine #145, 2024 205 · Drive · Brian Evenson · ss Conjunctions #83, Fall 2024 215 · Archies · Paul Tremblay · ss Conjunctions #83, Fall 2024 225 · Sunk · Richard Thomas · ss The Off-Season ed. Marissa van Uden, Dark Matter Ink, October 2024 231 · Less Exalted Tastes · Gemma Amor · ss All Who Wander Are Lost by Gemma Amor, Cemetery Gates Media, April 2024 247 · The Ribbon Rule · Mae Jimenez · ss The Dark #112, September 2024 261 · The Night Birds · Premee Mohamed · ss Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, October 2024 277 · Pages from a Diary · Steve Kilbey · pp Nosferatu Unbound ed. Steven Paulsen & Christopher Sequeira, IFWG Publishing International, September 2024 289 · Broken Back Man · Lucie McKnight Hardy · ss Bound in Blood ed. Johnny Mains, Titan Books, September 2024 301 · I Love the Very Flesh Off You · Robert Shearman · nv Skin ed. Mark S. Peters & S. J. Townend, Bag of Bones Press, June 2024 321 · Honorable Mentions · [uncredited] · ms 323 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms 331 · Acknowledgments of Copyright · [uncredited] · ms 334 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg